#creativelife #artistblog #galleryblog #memphisartist #abstractlandscapes #jamesmaygallery #12questions #creativelife #artcurator #oilpainting #susanmaakestad Susan Maakestad: BIO: For several decades Susan Maakestad has painted abstracted landscapes empty of human activity but filled with brilliant color and recollected light. Her honors include a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, an ArtsAccelerator Grant from ArtsMemphis and direct purchase awards from the UrbanAr

#creativelife #artistblog #galleryblog #wisconsinartist #jamesmaygallery #12questions #mixedmediaart #mondaymotivation TIM DAY: I am a scientist and an artist. My science background tells me to experiment. I cannot understand how a creative person, an artist, is bound to a single style, form, or type of art. I strive to infuse my life and travels into my artwork. Images may include anywhere from Nebraska’s dirt roads to Kyoto’s Shinto shrines. My subjects can also be culled

#artistblog #galleryblog #creativewisdom #encausticpainting #12questions #creativelife #jamesmaygallery #artiststudiod #inspiration #animalsinart Kristen T. Woodward received her BFA in Printmaking from Syracuse University, and her MFA in Studio Art from Clemson University. Her mixed media paintings combine painting and print processes, and often utilize found materials. Woodward is currently a Professor of Art at Albright College, teaching painting, printmaking, and team-t

#artistblog #creativewisdom #galleryblog #12questions #artistlife #encausticart #contemporaryart #artsy Kaylee Dalton lives in Elkhart, Indiana and graduated with a degree in fine art and painting from Ball State University. She went on to study with the late Walter Darby Bannard under a full-scholarship for a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Her work has been exhibited throughout the country including, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis an

#artistblog #creativelife #jamesmaygallery #galleryblog #creativewisdom #artsy #aprilsoutholson #encausticart #encausticpainting #contemporaryart Artist Bio April South-Olson is an abstract artist using the layered techniques found in Encaustic Painting as an exploration of growth, character and the passage of time. April is envious that she can allow chaos and mistakes in her painting process but is unappreciative of them in her personal life. She currently resides in the

#artistblog #galleryblog #creativelife #contemporaryceramics #selftaught #jamesmaygallery Bio: Scott Leipski was born in an army hospital in 1965 while his father served in the U.S. Armed forces stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. After his father’s tour of duty was completed, his family returned to their hometown of Waukesha, WI. Later the Leipski moved to Tomahawk, WI. living in the north woods on the shores of Lake Alice. Where his family still runs a small resort. After high s

#artistblog #galleryblog #jamesmaygallery #jaronchilds #artistlife #andrewwyeth #dailyinspiration #benshahn #wisconsinpainter #artgallery #maryoliver #susansontag #elainescarry Born in Waseca, Minnesota Jaron Childs is an artist living and working in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. His paintings and drawings of the natural world have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in the U.S. and Europe. I make paintings and drawings of the natural world based on my ow

#contemporaryceramics #artistblog #creativelife #artistlife #galleryblog #fineart #vincepalaciosart #ceramics #caliartist #onlineexhibtion #artsy #artduringcovid Vince Palacios has been working in the field of ceramic art since 1988. Palacios received his Masters of Ceramic Art from Alfred University and his BFA in ceramics at California State University at Long Beach. He now serves as Professor of the Ceramics Department at El Camino College in Torrance California. He came t

#12questions #artistblog #galleryblog #creativewisdom #artinapandemic #artsy #creativelife #andreaalongeart #contemporarytextiles #contemporaryart #theartoffailure Andrea Alonge was born in Mesa, AZ and currently lives and works in Portland, OR. She received her BFA from The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago in 2013, and her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2015. She is an artist primarily working with fiber and textiles, and is a member of Carnation Contemporary in

#artistlife #creativelife #artistblog #galleryblog #craighillart #artsy #onlineexhibition #12questions Craig Hill is a visual artist working in painting, collage, and mixed media sculpture. His work juxtaposes varied modes of representation, creating a visual mash-up that highlights how certain iconography expresses American belief structures. His work is filled with visual contradictions and playful circumstances that are arranged in a single anxious moment. In combining his

#memphisartist #artistlife #creativewisdom #artistblog #galleryblog #contemporaryart #creativelife #artinthetimeofcovid #mereditholinger #jamesmaygalleryblog Meredith Olinger is an artist living and working in Memphis, TN. Olinger works primarily with wallpaper of her own design. Her work deals with the dependence of art and design on each other, handmade versus digital production, and blurs the line between painting and installation. Olinger has been included in many group s

#contemporaryrealism #painting #oilpainting #realism #artistblog #galleryblog #artistwisdom #creativelife Michael Banning was born in Boulder, Colorado in 1966. He received his BFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder and his MFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Banning’s oil paintings and drawings of contemporary American urban, industrial, and domestic landscapes have been exhibited in solo exhibitions in Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, and New York City. His w

#abstractpainting #artistblog #abstraction #language #utebertog #contemporarypainting #artsy #interiordesign #creativewisdom #12questions 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? What are you reading or watching right now? I feel myself shying away from answering because there are just so many great books which have become a part of me over time. It’s so hard to choose. One book that comes to mind from recent times is ‘What you can see from here’ by Mariana Leky

#artistblog #creativelife #artistwisdom #abstractpainting #galleryblog #artistlife #jamesmaygallery #artcollector #artkeepsgoing #12questions #creativewisdom #artmatters #supportartists 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? What are you reading or  watching right now? Physics for Poets by Robert H. March has me captivated, and I’m keeping up with my subscription to The New Yorker. I also belong to an artist reading group. We get together every few months to c

#12questions #artistblog #creativewisdom #galleryblog #jamesmaygallery #rockcollection #artcollector #abstractpainting #minimalism #katherineduclosrosenbaum #supportthearts #smallworksexhibition #artkeepsgoing #artsy We are excited about our new partnership with Katherine! She is currently residing in Vancouver, BC and I was immediately drawn to her work. I hope you enjoy learning more about her through our blog and if you would like more information such as a more formal sta

#artistblog #supportartists #contemporarytextiles #textiles #creativewisdom #galleryblog We are really excited to bring on Jen Broemel as a part of our gallery! Her brightly colored textiles instantly won us over and we are very grateful to be working with her. We hope you enjoy her work and words. "My intention is to inspire others to look at the world around them more carefully, more mindfully, to see the extraordinary in the discarded, to notice the beauty in the mundane. 

#contemporaryrealism #artistblog #galleryblog #artistlife #creativewisdom #painting #assemblage #surrealism #surrealismnow #newrealism #outerspace #brettangell #JMG We are excited to present a new artist we have begun to represent! Brett Angell is originally from Milwaukee, WI and was taught by Tom Uttech. We were immediately struck by the artist's imaginative landscapes in his assembled frames. Brett creates landscapes that make you question the divisions between what is rea

#videoart #artistblog #creativewisdom #artistlife #mixedmediaartist #jamesmaygalleryblog 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? What are you reading or watching right now? The first book that influenced my life was actually a magazine, a National Geographic for Kids magazine about the extinction of dinosaurs. It was 1994 or 1995, I was six or seven years old and this was the first time I realized the permanence and seriousness of death. The second book was Sa

#artistblog #creativecommunity #abstractpainting #abstractexpressionism #creativewisdom 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? What are you reading or watching right now? Currently, I am working through two books. I have quite a backlog of things to read, as many people do, and juggle a few different styles of writings at a time. Bending Concepts: The Held Essays of Visual Art, 2011–2017, a collection of editorials that have been published in the art journal th

#contemporaryart #painter #sculptor #artistlife #artistblog #jamesmaygallery #melissadorn 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? Daybook by Anne Truitt Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2. What are you currently working on? I’m working on a series of Mop Portraits using acrylic, mop strands and industrial felt. This is a continuation of a larger series based on industrial mops and my fascination with them. 3. How has failure set you up for later suc